And yes, he’s been “entarté” by Noël Godin’s minions at least five times, each well-deserved.

I’m sorry but such arguments aren’t made ‘in good faith’.

Good thing that they live in France. Over there, they’ll just write you ticket for putting a pie in a face that deserves it. In the US, you’ll get like, 15 years.

What about the victim? Is rape something she can just bounce back from, without any suffering whatsoever?

Good Gawd. Some people are so good at being assholes.

I liked it when he was interviewed by Jon Stewart about his stupid “In the Footsteps of Tocqueville” book; Stewart was laughing at him the whole time and he didn’t know it.

Finkielkraut was another of those well-known assholes “philosophers” defending him, explaining that at 13 the victim wasn’t a child, because she had already posed for photographs.

I think an important point to make in the Polanski case is that it wasn’t “just” statutory rape. There are arguments to be made for 13 not being a child and for a much lower age of consent than we have in the US, I’d disagree with most of those arguments but they can be made in good faith. However, in this case, talking about whether the victim was a child or a woman is obfuscation. The fact of the matter is that Polanski drugged her, held her down, and raped her despite her protests and resistance. Thats something he hasn’t really disputed and thats rape regardless of the ages involved. I think, given all the bullshit the Polanski camp uses to muddy the waters, that it is especially important to keep those basic facts of the case clear and in the forefront. Talking about things that aren’t really central to the case makes it easy to intellectualize and avoid the reality of what is being defended.

I’m really put off by the passion he invests in this issue and how completely he misreads who has been damaged and who is a victim. Next thing he’ll be doing is pitying the news organizations for having to constantly barrage the victim of the crime. As if it’s her fault that they won’t leave her alone.

Finkielkraut was another of those well-known assholes “philosophers” defending him, explaining that at 13 the victim wasn’t a child, because she had already posed for photographs. Not at all victim-blaming, right.

I LOL’d when Salon quoted him as saying “everything matters to everybody.” That’s deep, BHL. You keep on trucking (of course, a genius that leads a life as rarefied as BHL’s probably has no idea what “trucking” is, but that’s OK, we can’t expect his knowledge to extend to the daily lives of the unwashed masses who do such silly things as demand that rapists not flee from justice).

Oh, and here’s a video of him getting pies in his face. Bwahaha.